{"id":566163,"date":"2020-04-15T00:32:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T04:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?p=566163"},"modified":"2020-04-16T08:43:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T12:43:36","slug":"ray-allen-celtics-fans-made-death-threats-after-leaving-for-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/news\/nba\/ray-allen-celtics-fans-made-death-threats-after-leaving-for-miami\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Allen: Celtics Fans Made Death Threats After Leaving for Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/tag\/ray-allen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ray Allen<\/a> says he faced death threats from Celtics fans angered by his decision to leave Boston for the hated Miami Heat as a free agent in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;You\u2019re talking about nine years now and I\u2019ve gotten so much hate,&#8221; added Allen, who reveals that he bolted due to &#8220;so many unresolved&#8221; locker room issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It was a pleasure to chill w my brother Ray Allen yesterday on my <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/podcast?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#podcast<\/a><br><br>He told me that he &amp; KG have to have a conversation before he\u2019d attend HOF or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Celtics?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Celtics<\/a> Jersey retirement. <br><br>Don\u2019t u think it\u2019s time for these 2 legends to talk it out?<br><br>Full EP- <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s6cLxNqtRx\">https:\/\/t.co\/s6cLxNqtRx<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/l2qwaSjHBF\">pic.twitter.com\/l2qwaSjHBF<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Cedric Maxwell (@cedricmaxwell81) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cedricmaxwell81\/status\/1250078308781436930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hall of Fame guard felt &#8220;removed&#8221; from Beantown&#8217;s &#8220;Big Three&#8221; by former teammates <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/tag\/kevin-garnett\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kevin Garnett<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/tag\/paul-pierce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Paul Pierce<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ray Allen opens up in an EXCLUSIVE interview with  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cedricmaxwell81?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@cedricmaxwell81<\/a> about his strained relationship with Kevin Garnett and what &#8211; if anything &#8211; it will take to fix it.<br><br>Presented by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BetOnline_ag?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@betonline_ag<\/a> <br><br>\ud83c\udf99\ufe0fFULL PODCAST HERE: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/emCvaWRFpe\">https:\/\/t.co\/emCvaWRFpe<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rKtLqWgYa4\">pic.twitter.com\/rKtLqWgYa4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Celtics on CLNS (@CelticsCLNS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CelticsCLNS\/status\/1250199142351200259?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 14, 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Per <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/boston\/celtics\/ray-allen-opens-rift-celtics-big-three-hate-boston-fans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBC Sports Boston<\/a><\/em>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><em>&#8220;I left as a free agent,&#8221; Allen told [Cedric] Maxwell, via CLNS Media&#8217;s Josue Pavon. &#8220;I left because there were so many unresolved issues that the team wasn\u2019t considering or willing to change.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><p><em>Allen turned down a two-year deal from the Celtics in 2012 to join LeBron James and the Heat, who had just defeated Boston in the Eastern Conference Finals.<\/em><\/p><p><em>&#8220;These guys kind of removed me from the &#8216;Big Three,&#8217; said so many negative things about me and I haven\u2019t had one negative thing to say about any of them,&#8221; Allen said. &#8220;We had tough times, we\u2019re brothers. We went through a lot. But that doesn\u2019t change anything that we\u2019ve done. It hurt me over the course of this time just to hear some of the things that have been said.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><p><em>Former Celtics head coach Doc Rivers said recently he hopes Allen will return to Boston for Garnett&#8217;s jersey retirement ceremony next season, noting that C&#8217;s fans would give the Hall of Fame guard a standing ovation.<\/em><\/p><p><em>&#8220;You\u2019re talking about nine years now and I\u2019ve gotten so much hate, death threats, vitriol from Boston fans,&#8221; Allen said. &#8220;As far as me being there, I think that is a subject that is really undecided yet. It would take Kevin and I to have a conversation moving forward.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/slam-tv\/ray-allen-says-rajon-rondo-stopped-passing-ball\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ray Allen Says Rajon Rondo Stopped Passing Him the Ball<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ray Allen says he faced death threats from Celtics fans angered by his decision to leave Boston for the hated Miami Heat as a free agent in 2012. &#8220;You\u2019re talking about nine years now and I\u2019ve gotten so much hate,&#8221; added Allen, who reveals that he bolted due to &#8220;so many unresolved&#8221; locker room issues. 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